Nickelodeon announces the first ever “SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes,” and invites fans and filmmakers of all ages from around the world to create and submit original, SpongeBob-inspired short films.

The tenth annual Animation Block Party, taking place in Brooklyn from July 25 to 28, issues a call for entries.

Belgian film “Oh Willy...” is awarded the Grand Prix prize at this year’s AniFest, the Czech Republic’s largest international festival specializing in animated films.

For the first time, the entire voting membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is automatically eligible to vote in all 24 Oscar categories.

The Oscar®-winning director’s new film is thought-provoking, intense and dare I say, hilarious.

Animated in the style of a retro video game, “RPG OKC” tells the story of two minor video game characters who go on a perilous first date after meeting each other on an internet dating website.

Nothing like a little drunk animation to get your weekend started.

Athena Studios creates the stop-motion animated short film, “Peanut Butter.”

Director Nico Casavecchia, 1stAveMachine, Ogilvy and the big brains at IBM Research create the world’s smallest stop-motion film, “A Boy and His Atom.”

The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival issues a call for entries for the fifth edition of the festival, which will take place in October.